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MODULE - 4
THERE IS/THERE ARE: to say that something exists somewhere
There is a letter on the desk. There are files in the drawer.
There is a client in the director’s office.
Prepositions
Prepositions of place: in, on, under, in front of, behind, at, next to, at, …
Example: there is a letter on the director’s desk.
Some in affirmative sentences:
With countable nouns: some letters/workers/employees
there are some letters on the table
With uncountable nouns: some tea/work/time
there is some tea in the kettle
Any in negative and interrogative sentences:
With countable nouns: There aren’t any clients in the office.
Are there any e-mails for me today?
Yes, there are/no, there aren’t.
There isn’t any sugar in this coffee.
Is there any milk in it?
Yes, there is/no, there isn’t.
Note requests: Can I have some days off work?
Offers: Would you like some paper?
Use the following information about a sports centre to make sentences
City sports centre
a gym, a football pitch
2 swimming pools, tennis classes
a café, aerobics classes
6 tennis courts, a shop
Exercises
1. Affirmative
Look at the list of items in the city sports centre and write sentences with full
forms.
a) There is a gym. b) There are two swimming pools.
c) ………………………………… d) ……………...………………………
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e) ………………………………… f) ………………………………………
g) ………………………………… h) ………………………………………
2. Affirmative
Look at Exercise 1. Write the sentences with the short forms of there is in your
notebook.
. …There’s a gym…
3. Negative
The city sports centre hasn’t got the things in the box. Write negative sentences with
short forms.
basketball courts, sauna, swimming classes, children’s pool, restaurant,
diving classes, indoor tennis courts, Jacuzzi
a) There isn’t a Jacuzzi. b) There aren’t basketball courts
c) ………………………………………… d) …………………………………………
e) ………………………………………… f) …………………………………………
g) ………………………………………… h) …………………………………………
4. Affirmative and negative
Write sentences with short forms.
a) a café (yes) a restaurant (no). There is a café but there isn’t a restaurant.
b) tennis court (yes) a basketball court (no) ……………………………………………..
c) a Jacuzzi (yes) a sauna (no) ……………………………………………..
d) a football pitch (yes) football classes (no)……………………………………………..
e) a gym (yes) aerobic classes (no) ……………………………………………..
f) two swimming pools (yes) a children’s pool (no) ……………………………………..
5. Questions and short answers
Look at exercise 1. Write questions and short answers about the city sports center.
a) a gym ….Is there a gym? Yes, there is.. b) a restaurant …………………………………?
c) tennis courts …………………………..? d) swimming classes ………………...………...?
e) aerobic classes ………………………? f) a jaccuzi …………………………………….?
6. Write sentences about your company/town/city in your notebooks. Use the words in
exercise 1 and there is / there are, there isn’t / there aren’t.
Exaple
There is one swimming pool in our town.
There isn’t modern equipment in our company
There are some foreign workers in our company.
.
7. Prepositions
Complete the sentences with at, in.
a) Lunch is …at… seven o’clock. b) The company meeting is …./ morning.
c) My English lesson is … ten fifteen. d) Tea is ….. afternoon.
e) The sports centre is open …. 9.30 a.m. f) Our consultations are …. evening.
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8. Write sentences about your office in your notebooks.
Use there is / there are, there isn’t / there aren’t and
the prepositions in, on, under, in front of, behind, at, next to, at, …
.
.
.
e.g. There is a computer on my desk.
.
9. Some and any
Complete the sentences with some or any
a) No, thanks, I don’t drink coffee. Have you got any orange juice?
b) There are ……….. messages for you on the answering machine.
c) There’s ……… salt on the table, but there isn’t any pepper.
d) We can’t make an omelette because we haven’t got …….. eggs.
e) Would you like ……… milk in your coffee?
f) There’s …….. butter on the table.
g) Sorry, we haven’t got ……. more bread. Would you like ……. biscuits with your cheese?
h) I’m sorry, we haven’t got ……….. hot food, but we’ve got …….... sandwiches if you are
hungry
10. Conversation
Two people want to buy a sandwich for their lunch. Complete the conversation in the
sandwich shop with some, any, a(n) or no.
A. Yes, what would you like?
B. Let me see … I’d like (1) . an….. egg sandwich, please.
A. OK, one egg sandwich … butter?
B. No, thanks, (2) ……….. butter. I’m on (3) ……….. diet.
A. OK … here you are. Anything else with that? We’ve got (4) ………… very nice fruit …
bananas, apples …
B. Yes (5) ……….. apple, please.
A. OK, that’s $2.50. And for you, sir?
C. Well, have you got (6) ………… Swiss cheese?
A. No, sorry. (7) ……….. Swiss cheese, but we’ve got (8) ………… very good Cheddar. It’s
English cheese, it’s very good.
C. OK. (9) …………. Cheddar cheese sandwich, please. Can I have (10) ………… salad with
that?
A. Sure. Would you like (11) ………… drink?
B. Yes, (12) ……….. bottle of mineral water, please.
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The Monte Carlo Convention Centre and Auditorium
the centre for national and international conferences
Meeting rooms How to get to the centre
Congress hall: 1100 people By train: all international trains pass here
Exhibition space: 100 stands By road: from different parts of Europe
4 meeting rooms: seating for 70 – 180
Services By air:
Simultaneous translation in 9 languages The international airport is only 22 km away.
Press room Helicopter service takes 7 minutes
Telephone, Fax and Telex facilities All western European cities are less than 2 hours
away
Secretarial office To Madrid only 1 hour 45 minutes
Organizer’s office
Lobby bar for coffee breaks or receptions
Close to two car parks
Hotels
Within walking distance of the centre are 6 hotels
of the highest international standard with all major
facilities
A. Complete these questions using Is there …? or Are there …?, then answer them using
the correct information from the extract above.
1. ………………………………………. a translation service ?
2. ………………………………………. a press room?
3. ………………………………………. telephone, fax, and telex facilities?
4. ………………………………………. secretarial services?
5. ………………………………………. anywhere to go duting coffee break?
6. How many meeting rooms …….. ………….. ?
7. ………………………………………. enough parking space?
B. Ask and answer more questions about Monte Carlo Convention Centre. Put the
words in the right order to make questions.
Example Centre Convention is the where?
Q. Where is the Convention Centre?
A. It’s in Monte Carlo.
1. are centre hotels how many near the there?
...Q. …………………………………………………………….
…A. …………………………………………………………….
2. airport an centre Is near the centre?
…Q. …………..………………………………………………...
…A. …………………………………………………………….
3. airport far from How is Monaco Nice?
…Q. …………………………………………………………….
…A. …………………………………………………………….
4. by does get helicopter how it long take there to?
…Q. …………………………………………………………….
…A. .…………………………………………………………….
5. does fly from how it long Madrid take there to?
…Q. . …………………………………………………………….
…A. . …………………………………………………………….
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